Dynamine postverta

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Dynamine postverta
Dynamine postverta postverta male
Dynamine postverta postverta female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Dynamine
Species: D. postverta
Binomial name
Dynamine postverta
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio postverta Cramer, [1780]
  • Papilio mylitta Cramer, [1780]
  • Dynamine mylitta f. uniocellata Bryk, 1953
  • Dynamine mylitta thoenii Anken, 1998
  • Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952
  • Dynamine mylitta ab. bipupillata Röber, 1915

Dynamine postverta, the Mylitta Greenwing or Four-spot Sailor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout most tropical and subtropical areas of central and South America, from Mexico south to Argentina and Paraguay.[2] The habitat includes primary rainforests, humid deciduous woodlands, scrubby grassland and farmland at altitudes up to about 900 metres.

The larvae feed on Dalechampia species. They are slug-like, with tiny rosettes of spines on the back.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Dynamine postverta postverta (Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais)
  • Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952 (Mexico, Honduras)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dynamine, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Dynamine postverta, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  • Cramer, 1780, Uitl. Kapellen 3 (22), pl.254, f. C,D.
  • Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.


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